A focused and accessible introduction to modern India by award-winning author Mira Kamdar,India in the 21st Century addresses the history, political and social structures, economic and financial system, and geopolitical landscape of a country set to play a critical role in how the world evolves in the coming decades.
Charting the experiences of migrant communities, the volume examines the relationship between movement, reproduction, & health. Informed by research in Europe, Britain, South & East Asia, Canada & Northern America, the chapters examine how healthcare experiences of migrants are embedded in their own worldviews & influenced by wider state systems.
Human biological fertility was considered a important issue to anthropologists and colonial administrators in the first part of the 20th century, as a dramatic decline in population was observed in many regions. However, the total demise of Melanesian populations predicted by some never happened; on ...
